Hiccup
So I woke up to Toothless freaking out next to me. He was jumping everywhere and knocking the house apart.
"Woah Toothless, calm down." I said. He turned to look at me with those huge eyes of his and leaped onto my bed. Then he started nudging me out the door. He hurried me to the workshop where I keep my riding gear.
"Toothless, you know we always go out for a morning ride, so why are you rushing me?" Of course he didn't answer me. I sighed and attached my riding gear. I jumped onto his back and put my feet into position.
"Let's go." He ran and took off.
If you've never ridden a dragon before,then you have not is no feeling like it in the world. The wind in your hair. It's so powerful to see all of your world for how small it really is.
It was still dark out and I pushed Toothless over the cloud level. We glided there until the sun rose, filling the sky with shades of orange, pink, and purple. We continued to fly for a while until the colors faded away.
We came back and my father came up to me and grabbed my arm. I jumped off of Toothless and stumbled over my false leg.
My father looked at me and said, "Thor has...sent for you."
"What?!" I asked. Thor hadn't make contact with the Vikings for hundreds of years. At least, not directly.
I walked after my father to the center of the village where we had created a giant stone statue of Thor. In its place was a living, breathing person. I knelt as best I could in front of the almighty Thor. He laughed and the ground shook. His booming voice commanded me to stand up. I did with some minor difficulty and looked up at him.
"Hiccup, I have a task for you. But if you take it, you will never return here. On the other hand, if you stay, the whole world will succumb to fear. Everyone you love will be in constant fear as will you." I thought of Astrid. I didn't want to leave her, but I didn't want her to be subject to fear for the rest of her life.
"I know it's a hard decision, but you will both find someone else; you'll both be happy if you leave, Hiccup."
"What about Toothless?" I asked. He laughed again.
"How did you think you would get to the place I ask you to go? Toothless will take you."
Astrid came up behind me and whispered, "Go." I turned to her. She had tears running down her face. She punched my arm.
"That's for thinking of leaving me." Then she kissed my cheek.
"That's for good luck." She backed away into the crowd as it spread to let Toothless through. I turned back to Thor.
"Why me? I am the weakest Viking. Why do you want me to go off on a probably very dangerous adventure that could make or break the world? Why me?" Thor looked at me with a look of interest on his face.
He smiled and said to me, "You are the bravest, the smartest, and the only Viking who is willing to bend and accept change. You befriended the dragons. You defeated the dragon queen. You are the worthy Viking, and you are my champion." I looked at Toothless.
"What do you think, bud? You ready to go on an adventure?" He looked up at me and nodded. I took a deep breath and looked up at Thor.
"Okay."
"Great!" he roared and he picked me up and placed me on Toothless.
"Let's go!" Toothless took off after him and we we flew for hours. Then he just disappeared. Toothless looked up at me and I shrugged. I looked around and saw a purple tower peering out from the trees. I guided Toothless to the window. I stepped onto the sill and nodded to him to wait for me on the ground. He flew into the trees.
I looked into the room and I saw a couple lying on the floor in the middle of the room. I walked onto the rug carefully so as not to wake them. I noticed right away that the boy had white hair and was holding a staff in his right hand. The last thing I remembered was thinking oh, that's why they're asleep as I fell to the floor.